The top reported proficiency rate is 78% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary is a regular public school in the Montgomery County Public Schools district, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school sits in Brookeville, Maryland, a small, quiet, and affluent residential community of roughly a hundred residents on about sixty acres. Brookeville has no modern downtown, no major employers, and minimal street life; its historic center consists of the old Academy building, churches, and homes along Georgia Avenue. Residents commute to professional and government jobs, many in or near Washington, D.C., and the town's historic preservation ordinance heavily restricts development within its formal boundaries. The local commercial hub is nearby Olney, and the Georgia Avenue bypass, nearly complete in fall 2022, was designed to divert commuter traffic around the historic district.
The school's enrollment is about that size for an elementary school in this grade band. The student body is majority white, with a Hispanic share roughly comparable to the black share, a smaller Asian share, a modest share of students who identify as two or more races, and a very small number of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. A small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Demographic data for students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source data, so a complete picture of the school's special populations is not possible from this information.
On Maryland's state assessments, Greenwood's results show a consistent pattern of stronger performance in English language arts than in mathematics across tested grades. In third and fourth grade, a large majority of students scored proficient or above in ELA, and fifth grade results fell within a similar upper range. Math results, while still showing a majority proficient in third grade, were lower in fourth grade, and fifth grade math fell within a comparable moderate range. Science results for fifth graders were lower, with fewer than half of students scoring proficient. State assessment participation rates were not available in the data, so a parent may want to confirm those with the school. Since this is a single year of data, no trend information is available; the multi-year series captured only the 2024-25 school year.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate. It is not a charter or magnet school. Program offerings, course access, staffing ratios, discipline data, and attendance figures were not included in the source material, leaving those areas as open questions for families who want a fuller picture.
The housing market in the zip code serving Greenwood is expensive, with home values well above state and national benchmarks. Estimated monthly mortgage costs and rents are substantial, and home values showed a very slight decline from the prior year. This is consistent with Brookeville's character as an affluent, sought-after residential area where development is constrained.
The district, Montgomery County Public Schools, has adopted a new elementary literacy curriculum for the 2023-24 school year, which affects how all elementary students learn to read. The district's operating budget accounts for a substantial share of the county's entire budget, and it has been conducting a systemwide boundary analysis as part of long-term facilities planning, which means attendance areas could change.
Greenwood Elementary serves a community where academic proficiency in early literacy is a clear strength, math performance is more moderate, and science is an area where the school may want to provide additional support. The school's peer environment reflects the affluent, historically preserved, residential nature of Brookeville, and the housing market in this area is expensive. Families considering Greenwood should weigh the school's academic profile, particularly the gap between ELA and science performance, against the high cost of living and the rural-residential setting that lacks commercial amenities and depends on car travel to nearby Olney for most services. Information on special education services, English learner support, and other programmatic details was not available in the reviewed data.
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